Why did the Muslim world not come to dominate world affairs during this time period?
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Topic Sentence
While the Muslim empires prospered during the 14th-16th centuries, they never came to dominate the world since they did not have continuity of leadership, centralization of power, and strong economy.
Elaboration
The Islamic world prevailed as competent emperors continuously led to expansions. However, all the empires began to fall these proficient leaders chose to kill their ablest sons. As inept sons inherited the power, local lords fought to gain more power. In other words, power was no more under a single authority. Meanwhile, inefficient financial administration due to many factors such as long, costly, unproductive wars and military maintenance contributed to the empires' decline as well.
Examples/Evidence
The Ottoman Empire gradually declined since Suleyman killed his adroit son, resulting incompetent Selim II to inherit the throne. Since an unqualified son became the emperor, local powers escalated as they continued to struggle in order to gain more power. Concurrently, the economy was not strong enough to support the Empire due to expensive wars such as the Siege of Vienna took place and as they had to pay for Janissaries.
Explanation/analysis
Emperors began to put their sons in prison or kill them since they were afraid that their sons will siege their power. Moreover, fratricide became like a tradition among the emperors. This clearly led to a lack of continuity of leadership as a line of weak emperors ruled the empires. An absence of absolute power caused local authorities to grow. In other words, power was not centralized in the Islamic empires. At the same time, economic difficulties also played a part in the decline of the Muslim world. High costs of expensive military and administrations maintenance and long, unproductive wars made the empires impoverished. Increased bribery, corruption, and higher taxes stemmed from economic problems, which upset the people and eventually led to rebellions. Not only the Ottoman Empire, but other empires such as the Mughal Empire and the Safavid Empire suffered and eventually fell because of all of these reasons, a line of incompetent emperors, an absence of centralization of power, and deficient economy.
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Even though the Islamic world once flourished, they came to collapse as a result of lack of leadership continuity, absence of centralization of authority, and weak economy.
Why did the Muslim world not come to dominate world affairs during this time period?
Paragraph Writing: Using TEEEL Structure
Topic Sentence
While the Muslim empires prospered during the 14th-16th centuries, they never came to dominate the world since they did not have continuity of leadership, centralization of power, and strong economy.
Elaboration
The Islamic world prevailed as competent emperors continuously led to expansions. However, all the empires began to fall these proficient leaders chose to kill their ablest sons. As inept sons inherited the power, local lords fought to gain more power. In other words, power was no more under a single authority. Meanwhile, inefficient financial administration due to many factors such as long, costly, unproductive wars and military maintenance contributed to the empires' decline as well.
Examples/Evidence
Explanation/analysis
Emperors began to put their sons in prison or kill them since they were afraid that their sons will siege their power. Moreover, fratricide became like a tradition among the emperors. This clearly led to a lack of continuity of leadership as a line of weak emperors ruled the empires. An absence of absolute power caused local authorities to grow. In other words, power was not centralized in the Islamic empires. At the same time, economic difficulties also played a part in the decline of the Muslim world. High costs of expensive military and administrations maintenance and long, unproductive wars made the empires impoverished. Increased bribery, corruption, and higher taxes stemmed from economic problems, which upset the people and eventually led to rebellions. Not only the Ottoman Empire, but other empires such as the Mughal Empire and the Safavid Empire suffered and eventually fell because of all of these reasons, a line of incompetent emperors, an absence of centralization of power, and deficient economy.
Link Sentence
Even though the Islamic world once flourished, they came to collapse as a result of lack of leadership continuity, absence of centralization of authority, and weak economy.